Reach Out

Public resources in the time of COVID-19 - full list here; how to donate here

For the community at large:

Cleveland Pandemic Response (CPR) is a group of organizers and community members who are helping facilitate the exchange of services, donations and volunteer time in Northeast Ohio during the COVID-19 crisis. Residents can request help at cleveland.recovers.org.

If your employment situation has changed with the COVID-19 outbreak, you may be eligible for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). To apply for benefits, contact your local SNAP office - click here for Cuyahoga County.

If you or a member of your family is undocumented, please do not forgo medical help! Learn more about how seeking treatment or preventative care will NOT affect your immigration status by clicking here.

Check how your bank is responding to the coronavirus crisis - click here

Reach Out: Legal Assistance for Nonprofits: for past seminar materials, visit CleMetroBar.org/ReachOut. To be added to the Reach Out mailing list for notice of upcoming seminars or to apply for pro bono legal assistance, click here.

Nonprofit Guide to the CARES Act (Including Those Loans You’ve Been Hearing About to Cover Payroll and That Don’t Need to Be Paid Back) - click here

Building Connections with the Nonprofit Community

We provide important education on legal topics for nonprofit leaders, as well as training for attorneys looking to serve and advise those nonprofits that are making a difference in our community. Through a partnership with the Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter, Reach Out coordinates quarterly seminars and brief advice clinics free to the public, with free CLE credit for volunteers.

Got burning questions? We’ve got answers!

Reach Out for Nonprofits invites you to join us virtually on Tuesday, June 2 from 10-11:00 a.m. as our panel of volunteer attorneys talks about important legal issues for nonprofits in the time of COVID-19. In these times of shutdown uncertainty, government assistance, and general anxiety about how nonprofits can carry out their mission to serve the community and protect themselves, their volunteers, and their employees, let us help provide guidance.

Reach Out Live is open to all nonprofit leaders, attorneys, and board members, and allows all viewers the opportunity to engage in Q&A with our panelists. To join our mailing list and receive notification of when registration for the next Reach Out Live seminar is open, please email jpaine@clemetrobar.org.

Reach Out in-person seminars and brief advice clinics - coming this fall in 2020
Nonprofit leaders are encouraged to attend each FREE seminar and participate in the brief advice clinics that follow. Attorneys will receive 1.5 hours of CLE credit for attendance at the educational seminar, which is free with participation in the clinic to follow.

Reach Out: Legal Assistance for Nonprofits is a program of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, with funding support provided by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation.

The CMBF is a 501(c)(3) organization; gifts to it are tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.

Educational Seminars

Reach Out presents a series of free educational seminars that provide nonprofit leaders with important, current information about legal issues their
organizations face every day. Following the seminar, nonprofits have the chance to sit down one-on-one with volunteer attorneys for a brief advice and
counseling session. If further legal help is required, Reach Out may be able to refer the matter to a volunteer or law firm.

Email Jessica Paine to join our mailing list and be notified of upcoming events and registration.

Eligibility

Nonprofits are eligible for Reach Out if the following applies:

Geographic area served: Northeastern Ohio

Type and missions: The organization’s decision-making process must have significant community grassroots involvement; the organization must be working to
provide housing, economic opportunities, social services, educational improvement, and/or cultural preservation to low-income populations or communities

Budget: Unable to pay for legal services or demonstrate that such payment would substantially negatively impact its charitable work